How did Halle Berry become such a big star in the first place?

[King Static X]

Her breakthrough role was:

She was in Boomerang (1992) with Eddie Murphy and Robin Givens.

 

[nieman]

Strictly Business, Boomerang, Jungle Fever, Losing Isaiah, all of 10mins in The Last Boy Scout. She can carry or costar in a few films. They tried to do more with her tho

 

[Regular_P]

Glad OP admitted to being young, because it's a different time now. Halle came out in a time when being ridiculously good looking got women roles; not just in movies, but entertainment in general. I don't think she would be given the chance to be a huge star if she came out today.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Was she as popular before her Oscar?



Cause I don’t get it, she plays trash roles in average movies.

As opposed to which white actress that started during the same time period?

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Yall gotta stop labeling this lady black. she has a white mothe for fukks sake. Stop disrespecting black actresses.

 

[King Poetic]

She's a trash actress

I think that trash movie BAPS was her only leading role up until monster's ball

She just had the right balls in her mouth at the time to get ahead

 

[Family Lives Matter]

Bukkake would be my guess

 

[Verbal Kint]

she was gorgeous and in some really popular movies. It ain't uncommon . Paula Patton can't act at all either. Halle got better and had some legit roles like in New Jack City and Losing Isaiah that showed her as a legit actress.

 

[DoubleClutch]

There had to be ONE major black actress

She got Hollywood fame the same way Obama became president

 

[curz]

Black people stay trashing Halle but white people never have anything bad to say about Angelina Jolie who’s entire career is wack af.

“She fukked the right execs”
Chick has always been married and is usually the one who got cheated on. No big scandals all these years, no trashy public displays, no disowning her blackness.

But yeah she’s just a talentless whore in the black community because of one sex scene.

 

[young3000]

she was gorgeous and in some really popular movies. It ain't uncommon . Paula Patton can't act at all either. Halle got better and had some legit roles like in New Jack City and Losing Isaiah that showed her as a legit actress.

 

[darealvelle]

Halle is good supporting actress, but she can’t carry a film by herself unless she has a strong co star or cast.

 

[Colin X]

As opposed to which white actress that started during the same time period?

nikka I don’t know. Did you not see where I said I missed most of her career which s why I don’t understand?

 

[Devilinurear]

Black people stay trashing Halle but white people never have anything bad to say about Angelina Jolie who’s entire career is wack af.

“She fukked the right execs”
Chick has always been married and is usually the one who got cheated on. No big scandals all these years, no trashy public displays, no disowning her blackness.

But yeah she’s just a talentless whore in the black community because of one sex scene.

They mad Bd young and don't know what they are talking about. These same people will call Dorothy danbridge a bed wench.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

Halle Berry is actually a good actress when put in the right role. The problem is she tends to do a lot of bad movies and she's not a good enough actress to elevate bad material. With the right script and director she can give a great performance (Losing Isiah, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)

In her prime Halle was one of the most beautiful women most people have ever seen.

Most black fans stopped fukking with her after Monsters ball. Her performance in that movie wasn't all that good and she basically got an Oscar for getting banged out by Billy Bob Thorton. After that she started doing a bunch of crappy movies where she was the only black person in the film. She let herself get talked into doing a topless scene by John Travolta of all people.

She needs to fire her agent.